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PMP Midterm 2 Fourth 20 Q
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1You are planning a storage device migration in a data center. During this phase of the project, who should be controlling the project?
- AProject Manager
- BSME’s
- CSponsor
- DManagement
2Your most recent quality control chart shows that all data points measured fall within the control range. However, there is a group of 8 consecutive data points sitting above the mean. What do you do?
- ADo nothing. The control processes are working as designed.
- BChange the standard deviation by +/- 1.
- CTell the stakeholders there is a possible quality control issue and you are investigating the cause.
- DUse project contingency funds to pay for the rework of these items
3In a multi-phase project, the procurement team decided to close the procurements applicable to a particular phase of the project. What happens to unresolved claims?
- AUnresolved claims are usually resolved at the end of all phases of the project.
- BUnresolved claims are also closed when the procurements for that phase are closed.
- CUnresolved claims remain open for a period of 1 year from closure of procurements.
- DUnresolved claims may still be subject to litigation after closure
4The product design your project team developed was very well received by the customer. There were two key contributors to this design. The customer calls you to tell you how pleased he is with the design. What do you tell him?
- AAsk to negotiate a bonus payment.
- BThank the customer.
- CThank him on behalf of the team and call out the contributions made by two of the team
members. - DTell the customer that you worked very hard on the design and that you are happy he is pleased.
5You are managing a project for a customer that has just gone bankrupt and is subject to liquidation proceedings. There are several outstanding invoices that this customer has not paid to your company. What should you do now?
- AGo into alternate dispute resolution
- BDo nothing.
- CContact the appropriate management at your company for advice how to proceed.
- DSend the invoices to the bankruptcy attorneys.
6Peter works as a project manager for GOODSTEEL, a steel melting shop. He was assigned by his Executive Project Manager to study and prepare a report on the defects that eroded the blast furnace lining which has caused a drastic decline in production. Since this report will be used by the management to control the process and material quality, Peter performed a careful study and identified two major factors out of many factors related to refractories that caused majority of the lining problems. Which of the following statements BEST illustrate the technique Peter must have used in this scenario?
- AA Pareto chart indicates that the vital few sources of the problem.
- BA cause and effect diagram indicates how various causes show the history and variation of defects
- CA Pareto chart identifies the possible relationship between changes observed in two independent variables
- DA cause and effect diagram indicates how various factors or causes can be linked to potential problems
7The Identify Stakeholders process is an initiating process. At this stage, which of the following organizational process assets is the most crucial input to this process?
- AChange control procedures
- BLessons learned from previous projects.
- CFinancial control procedures
- DRisk control procedures
8You have been chosen by a program management office (PMO) to write a purchase order for your expertise in business writing. You have learned that the PMO has already selected a seller for a software product and would like to award the procurement contract to the selected seller as a purchase order which you must prepare. In this scenario, the PMO is administering:
- AThe close procurements process
- BThe control procurements process
- CThe plan procurement management process
- DThe conduct procurements process
9The morale of the team members of a project is very low. The team members feel that they were not given opportunities to participate in the organizational team development activities due to over allocations to project tasks, and hence they missed opportunities to grow. Which of the following is a primary factor for this situation?
- AUse of zero-sum rewards in the project
- BA poorly defined resource calendar
- CToo many senior team members
- DPoor interpersonal skills in the team
10Calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for the uncompleted portion of the project is called .
- ASchedule compression
- BAn arrow diagram
- CA backward pass
- DA forward pass
11You are a Project Manager working on a project to create high efficiency electric motors for a company introducing a new electric golf cart. Your company’s president is keenly interested in the project and requests a chart that shows the number of defects by type ordered by their frequency of occurrence. Which type of chart would BEST meet this request?
- APareto diagram
- BControl chart
- CStatistical sampling
- DScatter diagram
12All of the following activities areperformed in the Close Project or Phase process EXCEPT
- AActivities that fulfill the exit criteria of the project
- BSending the deliverables to the customer for acceptance
- CActivities which are needed to transfer the completed products to operations
- DDocumenting the reasons for projects terminated early
13You are working for GOODROAD highway construction agency as a project cost estimator. The agency started a highway construction project which is in it’s planning phase. The rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimate for the project is expected to be between 3 and 5 million dollars in the planning phase with a ROM of -25% to +25%. What will be the ROM estimate in the execution phase if it changes to -10% to +10%?
- ABetween 3.1 and 4.1 million dollars
- BBetween 3.6 and 4.4 million dollars
- CBetween 3.9 and 4.1 million dollars
- DBetween 3.4 and 4.4 million dollars
14In a sender-receiver model for communication, information is sent and received between two parties, defined as the sender and the receiver. In such a model, anything that interferes with the transmission and understanding of the message is called:
- ANoise
- BConstraint
- CMedium
- DDecode
15In a matrix organization, where the team members report to both, a functional manager as well as a project manager, generally, whose responsibility is it to manage the dual reporting relationship?
- AFunctional manager
- BHR manager
- CTeam members
- DProject Manager
16A manager asks you to evaluate four new projects that he has suggested for next year. You review the projects and notice that one is not really a project, but more an operational task. Which of these is not a project?
- AChange the product to enable increased consumer usage
- BManage a set of people for the next year to deliver the desired productivity results
- CRespond to a customer request for different product packaging
- DResolve a space constraint issue by building a new addition to the plant
17When beginning a new outsourcing project, what is the best way to determine which companies you should request a bid from?
- ASend your proposal to the company you last worked with
- BHave someone else manage this part of the process
- CSend your proposal to everyone
- DConsult the qualified sellers list
18A project manager is currently ensuring that the stakeholders clearly understand the project goals, objectives, benefits and risks. This relates to which of the following processes?
- AControl Stakeholder
- BIdentify Stakeholders
- CPlan Communications Management
- DManage Stakeholder Engagement
19A project manager would find team development to be the MOST difficult in which type of organization?
- AFunctional organization
- BProjectized organization
- CWeak matrix organization
- DBalanced matrix organization
20You are the project manager from a seller organization, based at the customer location. One of your team members is involved in certain unacceptable activities at the customer location. The HR manager of the customer team organizes a meeting between you, the team-member, your customer manager and HR wherein the team member apologizes for his activities and agrees not to repeat them. You should:
- AIgnore the incident since the team member has agreed not repeat such activities.
- BReport this incident immediately to HR of your organization and to your managers.
- CWarn the team-member that this is the last opportunity and future incidents will lead to strict action.
- DDocument the issue for your project records.
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